# Would Trump be allowed to take office if he wins the election? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292 "2016-10-31T19:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/161 "2016-11-02T13:45:38Z")
Can _anyone_ imagine the _horrors_ if The Donald should: 1. Lower capital gains taxes to 15%, 2. Start _TWO_ wars 3. Authorize the torture of enemy combatants, 4. Attempt to privatize Social Security 5. Authorize FBI wire tapping of international calls … or the absolute worst … 1. Require 1099 reporting for annual transactions totaling over $600 to an individual. We might as well tear up the Constitution and give ourselves back to England … ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/162 "2016-11-02T13:57:04Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > …But what about giving the presidency to Paul Ryan or Mitt Romney? Ah-ha! No wonder that, just yesterday, CNN announced how Ryan declared he voted [early] for that “real estate mogul” despite Ryan pleading for the GOP Reps to disenfranchise and save themselves just two weeks prior. (Note: CNN pointed out that Ryan won’t speak his name.) So that’s the plan, aye? Yes, I think you’ve hit on it, SlackerInc! All along, I’ve been expecting Trump to bail out saying something like “this is all a prank gone horribly wrong”. So, we should not rule out a usurped Presidency come Jan 20th? Hmm, curiouser and curiouser… Only time will tell. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/163 "2016-11-02T14:13:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Exactly. > > I’m still trying to figure out how somebody can be smart enough to know electing Trump is a bad idea but dumb enough to think overthrowing democracy is a good idea. I’m still trying to figure out if this is the stupidest thread in the Pit or if it’s the bug killing one. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/164 "2016-11-02T14:27:49Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I’ve read some brain-dead things on the Dope lately, but this one is right up there at the top. …until your next sentence. > [@](#): > > The only objection that I can liberals making about Trump being the top law enforcement guy is that he will remove all obstacles to the investigations into Hillary and she’ll probably wind up in jail. And libs would find that tragic, since they think the sun shines out of her ass. Er, no. “Libs would find that tragic” because bypassing the entire justice system in order to imprison political enemies without sufficient evidence is tyrannical (_actually_ tyrannical, not just “OMG OBAMA WANTS US TO THINK ABOUT RESPONSIBLE GUN USE” tyrannical), creates a devastating precedent and in general is antithetical to everything America and the Constitution stand for. The question, **Clothahump** , is why you’d apparently be okay with it. I mean, right now the only “obstacles” into the endless investigations into Hillary appear to be the law and the lack of any substantial evidence, but you seem to think that if only you keep shovelling horseshit for long enough you’ll eventually find a pony. Perhaps you’d like her waterboarded? Trump seems to be fine with “removing the obstacles” into doing that, and I’m sure that would turn up something to arrest her for. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/165 "2016-11-02T14:30:31Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > …until your next sentence. I was gonna say. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/166 "2016-11-02T14:47:12Z")
Oh, I dunno. This might be dumber than anything **Clothy** has ever posted. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/167 "2016-11-02T14:58:54Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Oh, I dunno. This might be dumber than anything **Clothy** has ever posted. I tend to agree, although **Clothahump** ’s sheer volume of idiocy, over an extended period of time, is impressive. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/168 "2016-11-02T14:59:30Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I was gonna say. I think you’ve said enough. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/169 "2016-11-02T15:43:32Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m still trying to figure out if this is the stupidest thread in the Pit or if it’s the bug killing one. This one, but only by a tiny bit. Had the OP not endorsed the idea of a military coup, I’d give it to the bug one. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/170 "2016-11-02T15:47:58Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Had the OP not endorsed the idea of a military coup, I’d give it to the bug one. 😕 What would the OP be, then, in this alternate history timeline of yours? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/171 "2016-11-02T16:28:28Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > So OP is advocating against the broadly accepted and uniformly practiced peaceful transition of power following an election in the worlds largest leading democracy? > > I’m sure when you sober up, **SlackerInc** , you’ll see it for the tremendously bad idea that it is. _In order to save democracy we had to destroy democracy._ ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/172 "2016-11-02T16:44:22Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > 😕 > > What would the OP be, then, in this alternate history timeline of yours? Imagine for a second if you’d simply not posted the incredibly stupid thought you were having. I think we’d all be better off. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/173 "2016-11-02T17:23:50Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Imagine for a second if you’d simply not posted the incredibly stupid thought you were having. > > I think we’d all be better off. There’s the germ of a clever jibe in there somewhere, but it’s half formed. Back to the drawing board with you now, run along. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/174 "2016-11-02T17:50:41Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > There’s the germ of a clever jibe in there somewhere, but it’s half formed. Back to the drawing board with you now, run along. lol, ur dumb ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/175 "2016-11-02T18:03:07Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > lol, ur dumb ur ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/176 "2016-11-02T19:07:43Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > There’s the germ of a clever jibe in there somewhere, but it’s half formed. Back to the drawing board with you now, run along. :rolleyes: … a nudnik. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/177 "2016-11-02T20:13:31Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > :rolleyes: > > … a nudnik. Putz. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/178 "2016-11-02T21:56:23Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Organized force would not be used. The military would not act to overthrow Trump. > > Any political leader who suggests armed insurrection against the United States would be instantly removed and arrested. > > I am a Republican. I despise the idea of a Trump Presidency as much as you do, and I would have preferred Romney or Ryan over almost any other candidate in 2016. The idea of installing either of them in a coup is one to which I, and every other Republican, and every other Democrat, responds with an instant and unequivocal No. Followed, if necessary, by gunfire. You think BLM is causing trouble? You ain’t seen nothing. > > Now stick your treasonous suggestions back up where you got them. This is the USA. > > Regards, > Shodan **Well said**. I also think Trump would and will be a disaster. But like you, I would and am completely opposed to any sort of coup or insurrection - by EITHER “side”. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/179 "2016-11-02T22:50:15Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Andrew Sullivan’s Sully’s a Tory and a monarchist. He’s about the last pundit whose advice about democracy I’d pay attention to. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292/180 "2016-11-02T23:08:17Z")
Nah … there’s some basis for not killing bugs in the Hindu religion I do believe … this particular thread is the stupidest … bar none … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-trump-be-allowed-to-take-office-if-he-wins-the-election/770292.md?page=10)